Beer: Ratings & Reviews

Reviews by blackheartbilly:

After touring Fenway, I thought I would sample a beer at Boston Beer Works.The server asked me what I wanted and I said "Something with lots of hops." I asked for the IPA and he suggested the cask-coditioned Fenway Pale.

A: Hazy,dark golden.

S: Medium hops, I wasn't overwhelmed. Slightly malty.

T: The taste was good, but not as wonderful as expected. I wanted hops and got an average- somewhat unbalanced hops, with malt. Actually tasted like my own homebrew!

M: I looked at the glass, and saw no bubbles. No carbonation I guess, kind of flat.

D: Not worth the price of admission I guess. I wish I had got the IPA. But this would be a beer you could have a few of and still walk.

I assumed cask-coditioned would mean a better beer. Boston Beer works sparked my appreciation for beer back when I was in college, so I will always love their beer. The Fenway Pale Ale is an average beer. If you are there, get a specialty beer like a saison, or the oatmeal stout, or the best beer the Irish Cream Stout.

More User Reviews:

Smell: A blend of caramel and faint fruity esters, evident hop also in the nose.

Taste: Crisp and clean with an assertive hop bitterness, nice rounded maltiness ... a little fruity, a little caramel and a bit more malt. This brew finishes very well with a drying grain and hint of lemon.

Notes: More than yer standard American Pale Ale, a classic among the locals ... very good drinking.

Clear copper in color with a short-lived and non-lacing layer of whitish head. Hard to discern the smell, but there's a well-balanced mix of citrus hops and some sweetness. Flavor seemed off...unbalanced and a touch of sourness near the end. Finished with a grainy/husk-like aftertaste. I much preferred the cask version from the Canal street location.

I guess since it went out of the way to mention the additional hops the regular Fenway PA didn't have the Liberties.

Served in a pint glass with a small white head that didn't hang around and a really nice reddish orange color. A little bit of haze to the beer. Smelled of hops, hops, and more hops. Lots of pine and floral to the hop aroma. Taste was a little skewed, not really very balanced, did pick up a bit of whiskey taste from the wood. Mouthfeel was heavy, very little carbonation.

Pours a clear reddish copper with a nice tan head that leaves good lacing. The smell is pungent with sweet malt and floral hints. The taste is very malty for a pale ale and it works well. The m/f is medium,alittle heavy for p/a, and the flavors mix well. This is a damn good beer for the summer and it shouldn't be overlooked.

amber color with a good sized head of about two inches that falls down quickly but leaves a ton of lacing down the sides of the glass.

aroma is light grains, hints of a small citric hop profile, touches of bready grains and a smooth biscuit like touch. Clean and very crisp taste, starts with a light touch of hops and follows through with nice bready malt character that comes through cleanly on the palate and offers a decent amount of balance. Nice and light, well carbonated body makes it a breeze to drink and seriously one of the most well rounded pales in terms of solid drinkability.

Beautiful pour - thick creamy white head atop a hazy golden brew. Aroma is malty, with a hint of flowery hops in the back. Flavor starts sweet, malty, small fruitiness, follows with a good mild hop ending which brings it all together. Very well balanced offering.

The beer as poured, is a translucent deep ruby red with a prominent head and oodles of fine lace to coat the glass. Sweet caramel, malt make up the pleasant nose with the start sweet and the top skinny. Finish has a nice hop spicy bite, moderately carbonated, dry long lasting aftertaste and a decent beer all around.